Summary



Sugriva, full of concern for Dadhimukha who was at his feet said, "Why do you do this Dadhimukha? Tell me what troubles you, I promise you safety from all your fears. When Dadhimukha said, "Lord of the Vanaras! The inviolable Madhuvan, which, none had dared to enter neither during the reign of your father Riksharaja nor that of yours has now been invaded by Angada and his Vanara bands. My orders have been defied and the grove defiled". When Lakshmana who was watching wanted to know what ailed Dadhimukha, Sugriva said that the Vanaras who had gone southward in search of Sita must be the ones now in the grove and the audacity with which they had entered it meant victory! "Sita must have been found and none but Hanuman would have achieved it. Any mission led by Jambavan and Angada and aided by Hanuman can never suffer defeat" Sugriva was certain that unless the vanaras had knowledge of Sita they would not have ever dared to step into the mystic woodland gifted to his father by Brahma." Sugriva's words brought great joy to Rama and Lakshmana and the equally happy vanara king told his uncle Dadhimukha, that he would forgive the vanaras, who deserved the revelry that they were indulging in. "I wish to see them and Hanuman who have come back victorious." Even as he said that Sugriva grew ecstatic at the many auspicious signs. He was becoming aware of omens, which heralded the triumph of his mission and of happier times to come.